{Saavy Naturals sent me samples of its Moisturizing Shampoo and Moisturizing Conditioner to review. Each 8-ounce plastic bottle costs $15.}

As you can see on the labels, Saavy Naturals Moisturizing Shampoo and Moisturizing Conditioner is formulated for (shocker) dry hair.

If you’ve been on the blog for a while, you know I’m the oiliest person in the world.

However, I feel that it’s important to drench your locks with a great hydrating wash and rinse if you heat dry a lot (every day for me), and because my scalp can get a bit dry, I like the extra attention a formulated-for-dry-hair duo can bring to my own mane.

Saavy Naturals Moisturizing Shampoo and Moisturizing Conditioner definitely delivers hydration and a gentle cleanse to my heat-shocked hair — and does so without the help of synthetics or sulfates.

In fact, the ingredients list for both the shampoo and conditioner is so nourishing that you’d want to eat it — which makes sense, as the founders of Saavy Naturals come from epic foodie backgrounds.

As you can see, Saavy Naturals Moisturizing Shampoo and Moisturizing Conditioner take advantage of luscious oils such as kukui seed, argan, moringa and coconut to drench your hair in a sea of moisture.

The creamy conditioner has a stronger vanilla scent that lingers a bit after rinsing, giving your head that come-hither scent (even if the only thing coming hither is your Siamese cat, whatever).

All joking aside, one thing I do want to point out in Saavy Naturals’ shampoo and conditioner is the fact that they do both use honeysuckle extract, a somewhat controversial ingredient in the green beauty community.

There’s several schools of thought out there, and I don’t have a fully formed opinion on it, but those who prefer to leave honeysuckle extract out of their clean beauty routines do so because honeysuckle extract acts as a paraben, though it is obviously a natural ingredient.

It contains para-hydroxy benzoic acid, which is readily found in nature yet is said to look structurally similar to synthetic parabens and is said to act in the same way — as an endocrine disruptor.

Have you tried anything from Saavy Naturals? What are your thoughts on honeysuckle extract? Please do tell me in the comments section!

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Me and my husband was shopping at a plant nursery today and they had a honeysuckle vine(tree) and I wanted it so bad, but my husband refuses because he says it attracts snakes. I also had a big honeysuckle tree/vine when I was growing up and it smelt so wonderful!

Thank you very much for the review, Kimberly — we love it! My wife and I, we formulate and produce every product that we make. I am all about the process of every raw material. Eight or nine years ago, when this raw material came into our hands, we thought it was wonderful, but we still sent it for testing and conducted a very thorough, expensive and conclusive test where you can see it in a tri-dimensional form, behind the molecular structure, and there were never any resemblances to any of the parabens. The “0” rating of honeysuckle extract by the EWG is completely correct — they know what they are talking about when it comes to harmful ingredients. Synthetic ingredients are not only harmful to people’s lives, but to our beautiful planet, and its creatures. We are very proud to use this ingredient.
And by the way, the paper label issue has been resolved and is now completely waterproof. — Hugo

Thanks so much for sending me the samples to review! More to come … can’t wait to dig into my jasmine soap :)

I think there needs to be more research into this ingredient. There’s a lot of confusion out there, and we need a good third party to give us the final verdict on it. However, I do trust the EWG, so I tend to lean toward their verdict.

Keep up the great work!

Laura

I have not tried it. Thanks for mentioning the issue with honeysuckle; it’s something I always wonder about too — and it’s something that’s not really discussed yet pops up more and more (kahina, tata harper, kjaer weis etc). I find it interesting that with most unclear ingredients, green brands leave them out, but with this one, it’s another story.